Quit smoking, that is. I'm tired of my mouth tasting like tar when I wake up. I'm tired of the cough and flegm. I'm tired of smelling like cigarettes.

I didn't buy a pack this morning when I stopped for my morning coffee. It's time to kick the habit.

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damncutekitty♀ 5929Member # 5929

Posted: 10:04 AM, March 5th (Tuesday), 2013

Way to go!!!

Keep calm and carry on.

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PlainsGirl29♀ 33520Member # 33520

Posted: 10:04 AM, March 5th (Tuesday), 2013

Good luck!

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hurtinky♀ 26152Member # 26152

Posted: 3:15 PM, March 5th (Tuesday), 2013

You can do it!!! It will be hard but it is possible!

Me --> BS
D-Day 10-1988
D-Day 9-12-2005
S 9-13-2005
D 3-6-12

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I think I can♀ 17756Member # 17756

Posted: 7:31 PM, March 5th (Tuesday), 2013

Yes?

Did someone call me?

(Couldn't resist!)

Good luck!

I'm not the winner, I'm the prize.

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foreverempty♂ 34426Member # 34426

Posted: 7:54 PM, March 5th (Tuesday), 2013

Good luck!

Me BS: 35
Her WW: 34
D Day 5th December 2011
Current status: Filled for divorce 23rd Jan 2012. Response from WW was not to beg for forgiveness, but deleting me from Facebook.

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tryingagain74♀ 33698Member # 33698

Posted: 8:21 PM, March 5th (Tuesday), 2013

My dad smoked for 25 years and managed to quit as did my grandparents and aunt (many of whom smoked for 50 years or so).

Sending you their quitting mojo-- you got this!

FBS; now happily liberated!
Two DS and One DD
It matters not how strait the gate,/How charged with punishments the scroll./I am the master of my fate:/I am the captain of my soul.--"Invictus," William Ernest Henley

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VioletPush♀ 31365Member # 31365

Posted: 8:55 PM, March 5th (Tuesday), 2013

I have faith in you!

Got rid of a lot of baggage, moved across the country, and am moving on with my life!

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h0peless♂ 36697Member # 36697

Posted: 10:42 PM, March 5th (Tuesday), 2013

I didn't even make it one day! Murphy's law struck at work (several times) and I used that as an excuse to buy a pack.

Tomorrow. For real this time.

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inhishands55♀ 9454Member # 9454

Posted: 10:50 PM, March 5th (Tuesday), 2013

You will do it when you set your heart and mind to it...My mother quit after almost 60 yrs of smoking...

She said she went to the altar and gave them to God and never wanted another one...

Luckily me and my siblings never took up the habit...I think it was because we smoked mama and daddy's cigarettes in the car and in the house..

I hear if you drink lots of water it helps the process and cut down on the caffeine too...They say the caffeine craves the nicotin...

I am trying again tomorrow. I really am ready to quit and I need to stop using it as a crutch. It's a disgusting, expensive habit that will kill me before my time.

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h0peless♂ 36697Member # 36697

Posted: 8:46 PM, April 15th (Monday), 2013

OK, so more than a month later, I've finally gone a whole day without any nicotine. I can't wait for the physical withdrawal symptoms to subside. I have a good plan for the mental triggers. It involves a bunch of pushups, crunches, squats and other physical exercise.

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Mandilwen♀ 27186Member # 27186

Posted: 9:03 PM, April 15th (Monday), 2013

Good job!! I have one pack left and have to quit. I just bought myself a brand new car and I am NOT filling it with nasty smoke!! I like to use breathing exercises and screaming in my mind that the urge will pass soon. I smoke when I have alcohol, so have to cut that out for awhile too. We can do it!!

Good work! I gave up a packet a day habit 14 years ago, never think about it now even with all the drama this past year. When I was where you are now I got to the point it was me against the cigarettes, felt like a battle of wills and I like to win

Don't give in for a second you can do it.... forever

[This message edited by MyVoice at 9:49 PM, April 15th (Monday)]

Me:BW 46, Him:WH 50
two kids DD14 and DS17
Married 26 years
OW 28, crew member (he was the ships captain)
"People are formed by their actions, not their ideals" unknown

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wildbananas♀ 10552Member # 10552

Posted: 10:52 PM, April 15th (Monday), 2013

My mother just quit after 65 years... she had to due to COPD but just the same, she quit.

You can do it!

Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light. ~ Yogi Bhajan

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jo2love♀ 31528Member # 31528

Posted: 1:18 PM, April 16th (Tuesday), 2013

You can do this! Good luck!

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Luvlyla♀ 38692Member # 38692

Posted: 2:39 PM, April 16th (Tuesday), 2013

Yes?
Did someone call me?

lol, well done Think i can and Hopeless.

When he's your Romeo,
and you're not his Juliet,
it means you are Rosaline
- and you survive the play.

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h0peless♂ 36697Member # 36697

Posted: 10:18 PM, April 16th (Tuesday), 2013

Day 2: A success. A terribly not fun success but oh well.

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h0peless♂ 36697Member # 36697

Posted: 8:53 PM, April 18th (Thursday), 2013

Four miserable days down. I wish I could jump in a time machine and punch my stupid long haired 13 year old self in the face before I took a drag off of that first cigarette. "Play basketball instead!" I would tell myself. Then I wouldn't have to quit smoking now and I might not have a student loan.